Category: visuals

  • Shadow Emotions

    Like a shadow, I am and I am not. Rumi I thought I’d backtrack a bit since I used the term “negative emotions” in my last post. What I’m coming to understand is that emotions are not necessarily positive or negative; or black and white. Like so many other things in life, they are more…

  • Emotions: Loneliness

    Emotions: Loneliness

    “A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.” Mandy Hale I knew it was only a matter of time before my images would be less abstract. Don’t get me wrong, but there are only so many lines, shapes, and blobs that I can…

  • Emotions: Love

    Emotions: Love

    “Love in its essence is spiritual fire.” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca I thought I’d show a little LOVE tonight because I’m afraid that some of my posts may have given love a bad rap. My love addiction didn’t really have anything to do with love. Not real love, anyway. Just the feelings that the thought of…

  • Emotions: Hope

    Emotions: Hope

    “Hope is a match in a dark tunnel, a moment of light, just enough to reveal the path ahead and ultimately the way out.” —Dr. Judith Rich I’ve been exploring faith and hope, and looking at the differences between the two—especially when it comes to visual interpretations. My thoughts were that hope would be yellow…

  • Emotions: Joy

    Emotions: Joy

    Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. —Emily Dickinson I’ve been thinking a lot about the purpose of my blog. What is it exactly? I know, right? I’ve had many objectives since I started—from journaling about the story of my recovery, to photography, art, poetry, a bit of fiction (still…

  • Into the Night

    Into the Night

    We forgot where we were, and we lost track of time, and we sang to the wind as we danced through the night… —Chad Kroeger / Santana